G POLICY FOR MRSA SCREENING Please adhere to the Nottingham University Hospitals policy (2010) for Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). The latest information on screening and decolonization can be found on the NUH Infection Prevention and Control intranet site. MRSA is a bacterium that is resistant to several antibiotics, notably Flucloxacillin, that would be commonly be used to treat staphylococcus aureus infections. MRSA infections cause significant morbidity and mortality and the mortality for MRSA bacteraemia is greater than that from Meticillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus bacteraemia (MSSA). Patients with MRSA surgical site infections have been shown to have a prolonged hospital stay and higher mortality. MRSA is readily transmitted between patients. Inpatients who are colonized or infected with MRSA must have appropriate infection control special precautions taken to prevent spread to other patients.